Chapter 171 The Fox's Tail Finally Revealed
The villagers were startled and turned around to see Tai Jijin and his wife sneaking away, so they quickly pulled them back.
Tai Jijin shrank his neck, looking like a coward. He smiled dryly and asked flatteringly, "Is there anything else? My kid is home alone. We have to go back quickly!"
Sun Meihua also groaned, sometimes saying she had a headache, sometimes her butt hurt, and she stared at the women in the village, as if she wished someone would pay for her medicine.
The women in the village were not afraid of her and raised their fists, really wanting to beat her again.
Yang Lihua said to Master Tai, "Uncle, when we took Chunhong back home, we said that she would have no further ties with Tai Jijin's family, right? Just now, Chunhong paid three taels of silver to a trafficker. Shouldn't Sun Meihua pay it back?"
"Of course!" Master Tai San replied without hesitation, "Er Ya is Tai Jijin and Sun Meihua's biological daughter. Since they kept Er Ya, of course they have to return the money!"
Tai Jijin stared with a look of disbelief.
Sun Meihua didn't care about the pain and jumped up.
She did not dare to refute Master Tai San, and just stared at Chunhong and said, "Daya, you must not lose your conscience! Even if you are not at home, you are still my daughter, born from my belly! It is your duty to be filial to me as your mother!"
"Besides, you wanted to save Arya just now and stopped her from entering the city, so you should give her the silver! Why are you asking me for silver?"
Chunhong was about to speak, but Yang Lihua shook her hands behind her back, and she immediately shut up.
Yang Lihua laughed sarcastically and was not polite to Sun Meihua at all.
"Just now, those people took the silver and were able to take Erya away. Now that Chunhong has given the silver, does that mean Erya will be under Chunhong's care from now on?
"That's great! Erya and Chunhong will be living in our house from now on. As long as she doesn't slack off or make mistakes, we'll have her at home. Don't regret it later and come yelling at them that they are your daughters, ready to be beaten, scolded, or even sold!"
"No!" Sun Meihua was extremely anxious and jumped up and down, shouting, "No! They gave ten taels of silver, and Daya only spent three! Besides, Erya is my daughter, of course she listens to me, she didn't sell it to you!"
Third Auntie gritted her teeth at the sight of this, so angry she didn't care about the rules anymore and started cursing. "Sun Meihua, you think everyone else is stupid, don't you? When we're collecting money, your daughter is the cash cow. But when they leave, you immediately become their mother again! You've become so cunning!"
"If you ask me, you've colluded with those two guys just now, just to cheat Chunhong out of her money! Why do you take the deposit, but use Chunhong's money to pay back the money? And Erya has to go back with you? Bah, you're so shameless! Even the bears on the mountain would call you mother!"
"That's right. When her mother-in-law was alive, she looked like a chicken shrinking in the rain, pretending to be such a coward. Now her fox tail is exposed!"
"I told you she's not a good person, let's see how she'll pretend in the future!"
"She should have been starved to death instead of being allowed into our village!"
The other women also joined in, and every word they said was like a knife, stabbing Sun Meihua's lungs!
She couldn't bear it any longer and just fell to the ground, crying loudly.
"Oh God, please open your eyes, you're driving me to death! Woohoo, my beloved daughter has been taken away by someone, and they won't give her back to me no matter what! It's unfair! Not only did they steal one of my daughters, they also want to steal a second one. They're bullying the dead and not paying for it!"
This is clearly an accusation and slander against the Tai family!
Yang Lihua thought about it, then turned around and asked Erya, "Do you want to go back with your mother, or stay and work in our house?"
"Aunt, I want to stay!" Erya quickly knelt down and begged with swollen eyes.
"Auntie, my mother only has eyes for my little brother. Today, she can sell me to buy meat for my little brother to supplement his body. In the future, she will still sell me for my little brother's education or marriage!
"Even if I work my ass off, go hungry, and work hard to make money, in her eyes, I am not worth a finger of my little brother.
"Aunt, please save me. I am willing to come to your house and be a slave. I will sign a death contract like my sister did. My mother will never sell me again. I will work like a slave for our family and will never be lazy or get into trouble!"
A little girl, only seven or eight years old, could actually say such words. It is obvious that she is also heartbroken.
Yang Lihua helped her up, then said to Master Tai, "Uncle, today I have to ask you to clear our family's name. We can't live with the reputation of having snatched someone else's child. After all, Yongning still has to go to school, and the boys still have to get married.
"If Sun Meihua can come up with three taels of silver, our family won't force Erya to stay. But if she can't, our family will buy her from the previous buyer at the same price, plus an additional seven taels. What do you think?"
Master Tai nodded and sighed, "I've made your family suffer again. For the sake of our village girl and the reputation of our village, I've made you suffer.
"There's nothing I can do. I always run into idiots like this. I really want to kick them out so they don't bring trouble to everyone else!"
When the villagers heard this, they nodded and looked at Sun Meihua and Tai Jijin with unfriendly eyes.
"Sun Meihua, you heard it too. Do you want to take three taels of silver, or take seven taels and leave Erya behind?"
Sun Meihua's eyes rolled around. She had spent half of the two taels of deposit she received that day. How could she possibly take it out now?
But she was unwilling to give up Erya. It was not because she was reluctant, but because she was thinking of tricking this dead girl into the city and selling her again in the future!
Seeing her like this, Mr. Tai San guessed what she was thinking. He was so angry that he slammed his pipe on the table and cursed.
"Put aside your petty thoughts. Erya is our Tai family's child. It's not your turn to scheme against her! Tell me now, do you want to return the money or keep Erya? If you dare to say anything nonsense again, I will open the ancestral hall and drive your family out of the village!"
Sun Meihuaer thought of the fate of Tai Jicang's family and quickly got up trembling.
She looked at Erya and Chunhong, then thought about the remaining one or two taels of silver at home and her son who was waiting to eat meat. Finally, she gritted her teeth and said, "I... want silver!"
"Tsk!" The villagers all booed contemptuously, their faces full of disdain.
No one was surprised by her choice.
Even Tai Yongning opened the window and directly handed over a contract that had been written long ago.
Just like Chunhong's letter, it clearly stated that she had broken off the engagement and sold herself.
Tai Jijin and Sun Meihuaer both pressed their fingerprints, and Tai Sanye and several villagers also served as witnesses.
Finally, Yang Lihua took out ten taels of silver, gave seven taels to Sun Meihua and three taels to Chunhong.
Chunhong waved her hands repeatedly and refused to accept it.
Yang Lihua insisted, "I bought Erya to do work for my family, so spending money is only natural. Take it, and take care of Erya more often in the future."
Chunhong immediately took the silver and then pulled Erya to kowtow.
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